How common is the surname Vanderwal?

1,293 people in the United States had the surname Vanderwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vanderwal?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vanderwal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Vanderwal getting more or less common?

More common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Vanderwal

A surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanderwal is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,293 people named Vanderwal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.

#20,512

rank among US surnames

1,293

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+15.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,638)

Who is named Vanderwal

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Vanderwal identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanderwal

Vanderwal has the Soundex code V536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V536.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanderwal?: 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Vanderwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanderwal?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vanderwal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Vanderwal getting more or less common?: More common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 15%.